A Collection of Texts in Fimo

What follows is a collection of texts intended to illustrate the language in more natural and extended use than the glossed examples found in the grammar.

The Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:1–9)

So nẽẽ lo be pai ta’ fe qẽẽ boi qẽẽ nguu ti’ qoi qẽẽ goo ti’ ragaudi’ qẽẽ nguu. Niño nẽẽ jee nguu qẽ ti qẽẽ bo’ qẽẽ, goo koi nẽẽ jee nguu qoqidaa ñaajee pai ñuu qẽẽ bo’ qẽẽ qẽẽ, lotu qimẽẽ nẽẽ jee nguu wa. See nẽẽ jee nguu nau lẽ’ pikolo nguu ngii tẽ qẽẽ qẽẽ goo nau lẽ’ pikolo nguu na tẽ gaajoi qẽẽ qẽẽ qẽẽ. So nẽẽ jee nguu pikolo ka’kaa saa qẽẽ qẽẽ, goo so nẽẽ jee nguu bafoiqa ka’kaa bilẽẽwi qẽẽ qẽẽ.

And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.

A Creation Myth

Ñupe’ du nau nguu lo ngi’ nguu. Noroo nẽẽ moi qẽẽ goo qa qẽẽ nguu jee nguu qoi roo nguu. Pospẽẽ nẽẽ jee nguu siijamo’tẽ’ nguu goo maitẽ’ nguu nguu qu pẽ nguu. Ju tatee nẽẽ wi’ lo’ fiimo qẽẽ qoi dẽ’ nguu qẽẽ pai seedo laja qẽẽ bo’ qẽẽ. Peeru nẽẽ je qẽẽ fe qẽẽ goo dakika qẽẽ nguu pai ki’jooli jefa qẽẽ bo’ qẽẽ. Gospii nẽẽ du qoi dẽ’ nguu, saangii nẽẽ je qẽẽ.

We are not like other people. Their languages were shaped by struggle and time. They copied the sounds of beasts and birds, and they learned to speak like that. But our language arose in a different way. It was born whole and perfect in a single breath. Our language did not evolve; it was created.

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